In fairness to the guys on the mic. they are hamstrung to a degree by Aus archaic rules, malevolent noise lobbies and weak as piss pollies. They do however have a responsibility to offer professional advice on how to improve the system. A trip to a few overseas airports would work wonders for the corporate knowledge base. (Chicago, LAX, JFK, Atlanta, Narita, Incheon, Heathrow, and Gatwick to name a few)
Who knows, maybe we could even get away from the fallacy that SYD/ BNE and MEL are busy airports. Sunday picnic parks more like it.
That in my opinion sums up ATC and ATM in Oz, superb post scam sniffer.
Vegas in traffic terms is a backwater, there is no good reason why there needs to be excessive delays in anything other than severe wx or poor vis. Words fail me sometimes when I read stuff like this..honestly you have a 3500m or so long runway with plenty of exits..and yet certainly in my Company Doc's (Lido) no mandated minimum rwy occupancy..other than a general note and advising if you need full length.
Am I being unfair in my observations? I'm not having a go...I just can't fathom a 45 minute delay for 1500m viz?
N-Blue, LGW has an average movement rate of a little over 40, but at peak periods it can get up to 52-54 I'm told...LVP's generally dont go into action until vis drops below 800m from memory.